Tropical Fish is a short story collection, published in 2005, by Ugandan author Doreen Baingana.

It follows Christine, Patti and Rosa the daughters of a relatively well off family whose father, a senior government official, becomes an alcoholic and loses everything starting with his job.

It touches religious influence in Africa, boarding school life in missionary schools, first love, superstition, inevitably AIDS, love across the colour with a sugar daddy syndrome, the sense of alienation that comes with migrating to another country (USA) and that of displacement after coming back home.

And Christine the youngest went to Los Angeles, came back eight years later to pick up a job amidst the struggles of discovering her inner self.

In his luxurious house, she could glory in little things, like the abundance of water came from the tap rather than having to be carried home in a bucket.